Quotes January 13, 2023

July 11, 2002 – “Support for Saddam, including within his military organization, will collapse after the first whiff of gunpowder.”
Richard Perle, then Pentagon Defense Policy Board chairman.
 
 
 
 
September 19, 2002 – “I hereby declare before you that Iraq is clear of all nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.”
Saddam Hussein in message to U.N. General Assembly.
 
 
 
 
December 13, 2003 – “My name is Saddam Hussein. I am the president of Iraq, and I want to negotiate.”
Saddam to U.S. troops who captured him.
 
 
 
 
May 1, 2003 – “Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed.”
U.S. President George W. Bush, aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln under a banner declaring “Mission Accomplished”.
 
 
 
 
July 24, 2003 – “Death is not enough. They should have been hung up on poles in a square in Baghdad so all Iraqis could see them. Then they should have died as people ate them alive.”
Baghdad businessman Khalil Ali after U.S. forces kill Saddam’s sons Uday and Qusay.